Scarlet Night Has the Beat
“I’ve always thought of myself as athletic and in good shape,” says Meenu Mehta, a 49-year-old mother of two whose friends still complimented her appearan
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Beauty Made from Loneliness
Morning breaks and the day begins like any other in Puhpatra, a remote, dusty village set amidst fields of rice paddies in the Surguja district of Chhattisgarh.
Ready, Set, Om!
The area around San Jose Municipal Rose Garden bustles with activity every Sunday morning. Cars slow down near Lincoln High School and wait for women in saris a
A Tryst with Theater and Tradition
Slabs of summer sunshine wrap the cheerful brick-walled building with the white pillars and red-tiled roof in a warm embrace. Groups of children sit around in t
A Master of Percussion
After decades of spreading the rhythmic tremble of the Indian drum, tabla master Zakir Hussain has yet to tire from his global travels. “India is one of the m
Waiting for Love to Happen
Q I’m fortunate to have a great family, good friends, and a successful career. I feel like I’m in a good place, except that I’m missing a partner with who
Danger is His Ally
THE CASE OF THE MISSING SERVANT by Tarquin Hall. Simon and Schuster, 2009. Hardcover. 310 pages. $24. Tarquin Hall writes about private detecting in India in th
Little Boy Blue
BLUE BOY by Rakesh Satyal. Kensington Publishing Corp., New York. May 2009, paperback. $15.00. 352 pages. KensingtonBooks.com. RakeshSatyal.com. Whether pre-tee
Hinduism: Holy Cow! Or Sacred Cow?
The Hindus: An Alternative History by Wendy Doniger. Penguin Press, 2009. 779 pages. $35. As an immigrant child who enjoyed word play in his adopted language, I
Khu.sh’s LaDiDa: Karaoke in Reverse
If you are one of those who sing in secret or just among friends, and would love to find out how you would sound “on-mic,”take heart. LaDiDa, a new iPhone a
Hippocrates Made Human
CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese. Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. Paperback. 541 pages. $26.95. Most readers of novels in the West are also consumers of modern medi
Connecting with our feelings.
Q I try to follow your advice of being present to myself, especially my feelings, which I have always run away from. I find sometimes I just start day dreaming
